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HelpRe: Eleanor or Elizabeth?
in reply to a message by Lily
How are Ellie and Ella and Elle not related to Elizabeth? Elizabeth starts with El, it's right there. Ella's pretty nicknamey, it has no separate etymology other than a nickname. I know people use it as a full name now but... it comes from names like Elizabeth and Eleanor...
Lily isn't so much of a stretch. e-LI-zabeth, and then you get kind of stuck on the Li- sound.
Lily isn't so much of a stretch. e-LI-zabeth, and then you get kind of stuck on the Li- sound.
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Ella to me is a nickname for Eleanor, not for Elizabeth. This is just my opinion. I dislike Elizabeth nn Ella just as I'd dislike Elvira nn Ella or Elysia nn Ella or something. It just seems far fetched. I also can't stand stuff like Persephone nn Poppy or Aviva nn Ava. They just don't make sense to me and I think they don't to most people. After all Ella is extremely common on its own but I've never met an Elizabeth who was nicknamed Ella. I've met one Eleanor nn Ella. It might have worked centuries ago but I think nowadays people would be confused.
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